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Landlords are going to live this bill

From "The Landlord and Tenant Act 2025"

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They will raise the rent as much as they want and if you don’t like it, get out. How about a 3 month rent deposit so they can put it in their account and spend it? Want your money back? Tough. Late with the rent 3 days because the HSBC app isn’t working? Tough, pay me $300.00. Don’t like that? Get out. Don’t like my noise? Tough, get out. Don’t like the leaks? Tough, get out.

Want to take them to the tribunal? Good luck. Landlords will be to the tribunal for evictions, rents, damages, noise complaints, too many visitors, parking in the wrong place, etc. etc. etc. Tenants will be running to the tribunal for deposits, increase complaints, harassment, the wall is moldy, the washer quit working, the water ran out, the door sticks, your dog pooped on my side of the yard, etc. etc. etc. The tribunal will be busier than a crown and anchor table at cup match. Good luck getting anything there.

Get used to it, people, think the rent is high now? Just wait till landlords can raise it all they want whenever they want. Get used to evictions too, someone better have a plan for everyone with no place to go once the eviction orders start rolling in.

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Profile of Keva Giles
Posted by:Keva Giles
10 months ago
These landlord have their house paid for and still want to have the rent so high.
    Profile of Jenita
    Posted by:Jenita
    10 months ago
    @Keva Giles Maintaining a house can be just as expensive as a mortgage. The upkeep of a property has to be done inside and out. The cost of obtaining a good plumber, electrician and maintenance is astronomical in some instances. When tenants report problems in their units, the landlord is bearing the load of figuring out the solution. I rented for years before I became a homeowner so I understand why a tenant might think its greed but when you own the property, it’s presents a different set of problems
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    Profile of renee .
    Posted by:renee .
    9 months ago
    True BUT, the financial responsibility/burden should not be that of the renter. Rent should be HUMANE and morally ethical, period. Above all, it should be what that same landlord would be willing to pay if the shoe was on the other foot. Rental income should be supplemental to the landlord's contribution to maintain their own property. Rent should not be set with the mindset that property maintenance or the landlord's disposable income is the onus of the renter. The landlord certainly did not get approved for their mortgage based on the salary of potential renters.
      Profile of bda Ful
      Posted by:bda Ful
      10 months ago
      If the rent is too high, don’t rent the apartment. If a prospective tenant doesn’t like the rules or rent price, then look elsewhere. If the rent is too high, the price will come down as no one will rent it. It’s call free market. Why should a tenant be the only one to say when they want to end an agreement/ tenancy. That rightly should go both ways. Blood, sweat and tears goes into owning a property -especially in Bermuda- so why shouldn’t it be protected against undesirable behaviors. After all that an owner goes through to secure a mortgage and keep their house in good condition, why shouldn’t they be able to live in peace and make rules for their own places.
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      Profile of renee .
      Posted by:renee .
      9 months ago
      @bda Ful Regarding your first paragraph, specifically rent price, it's certainly not that simple. when one landlord or real estate agent sees that these criminal rent prices of $3000+ for a "one bedroom" have no legislated controls in place, then others match this allowance to get the most they can. So when the renter does look elsewhere, there's nothing but more of the same so then homelessness becomes an unnecessary reality for many, stress, struggles, abuse, and violence increases, and so on. There's definitely a bigger picture to the scene that unless you're in or been in this position, you just may not see the need to consider this. Some landlords do it so that they don't have to work, or so that they spike up their nest egg, or to pay vacations, material things, school fees, hospital bills, etc. Right or wrong on the part of the landlord, when a renter is in a state of homelessness, every day is a challenge to say the least. Every day is demoralizing affecting mental and emotional well-being which then can translate to risks to physical health. Simply waiting for the rent to come down as you say, is not remotely the solution. When is that day? After employees with housing allowance get theirs, after those making six figures get theirs, after landlords get bored of renting their place as Airbnb? If not willing to exercise a reasonable degree of moral ethics with the blessing of being a homeowner, best to just remember that karma never forgets an address.

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